Blancher
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈblænt͡ʃɚ/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Blancher is a noun meaning One who, or that which, blanches or whitens; especially, one who anneals and cleanses money, or a chemical preparation for this purpose.
Meaning
One who, or that which, blanches or whitens; especially, one who anneals and cleanses money, or a chemical preparation for this purpose.
More Meanings
- A machine for blanching or whitening.
- (obsolete) One who, or that which, frightens away or turns aside.
Example Sentences
And Gynecia, a blancher, which kept the dearest deer from her.
18 January 1549, Hugh Latimer, Sermon of the Plough And so even now hath he divers blanchers belonging to the market, to let and stop the light of the gospel.
Word Forms
- blanchers
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include decolorant, whitening, whitener, decolorizer, bleaching, bluing.
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